South Asian Histories
A starter pack of/for academics, researchers, archaeologists, archivists, students, heritage enthusiats, libraries, presses etc. whose work focuses on the ‘Histories’ of South Asia. To be added or to suggest others, comment or DM with bio.
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@keshavbansal.bsky.social
@radhakapuria.bsky.social
@mjbayly.bsky.social
Associate Professor, @LSEIRDept. Views my own. Interested in history, theory, empire, anti-imperialism, and South Asia. Author of 'Taming The Imperial Imagination' http://tinyurl.com/2fw6w8n8
@rohandroy.bsky.social
Historian: South Asia, colonialism, science, insects. Associate Professor: University of Reading. Author: 'Malarial Subjects' (Cambridge,2017);Editor: Locating the Medical (Oxford, 2018). Words: ConversationUK; The Independent
@mformcmprime.bsky.social
can the global south in global histories of capitalism please stand up? | JNU | NYU | Asst. Prof Davidson College
@taylorcsherman.bsky.social
Professor of South Asian History. Researching histories of environmental regeneration, 1940s-present. Nehru and all that, too. Working from Bidjigal land at UNSW Sydney Privately seeking research on ADHD, ASD, OCD, ALD & ABI
@niladri4u.bsky.social
Historian । Researcher, Linnaeus University, Sweden. Affiliated Researcher, University of Oslo, Norway. Interested in Global Health, Nordic-Polycolonialism, Disaster Politics and South Asian History, Politics, Culture, and Development. PhD in History @SOAS
@vitusangrmr.bsky.social
Scholar in South Asian Studies, @oeaw.bsky.social / engaged with the history of Ayurveda / working on epidemics in premodern South Asia. https://epidemics.univie.ac.at Website: https://homepage.univie.ac.at/vitus.angermeier/
@balarag.bsky.social
Ethnomusicology, South Asia, Queerness, Translation, Caste and Spirituality. Santa Cruz, CA/ India SALT Chicago summer school
@sundeepbraich.bsky.social
Writer | Speaker Sundeep, an Indian name, translates to "bringer of light" in Latin from Sanskrit. With one foot in life & the other in death, I draw insights from the liminal space, weaving narratives that bridge both realms.💎☀️ Instagram @sundeepbraich
@rachelbeee.bsky.social
Historian of the body in South Asia. Associate Dean of grad studies. Queer mom of twin baseballers. Occasionally I write stuff. 🌈🍉
@balabanlilar.bsky.social
professor of history, pre-modern South and Central Asia, Islamic kingship, Mughal landscapes and the peripatetic royal court
@rkadelhi.bsky.social
Author | Professor Global and Postcolonial History Brand New Nation: Nationalist Dreams and Capitalist Designs in New India (Stanford & Harpers Collins) Delhi - Copenhagen https://ravinderkaur.net/
@meerashar.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Australian National University ll South Asia, History, Postcolonialism, Empire ll Mum to two boys: one canine & one human, knitter, storyteller ll
@prarochana.bsky.social
Historian @CSSSC. Author, Creative Pasts(2007); Scripts of Power(2023). Infosys Prize for Humanities 2020. Current obsessions spinning, weaving, growing food.
@priyaatwal.bsky.social
Historian of empire, monarchy & cultural politics in UK/S Asia. Community History Fellow @ Oxford Uni. Views are my own. Book & contact info here: https://linktr.ee/drpriyaatwal
@itihaasnaama.bsky.social
Between Clio and Themis| Lawyer, Historian @Yale | Author of 'A People's Constitution (Princeton, 2018) | Politics. Pop Culture. South Asia
@nehavermani.bsky.social
Historian of Mughal material culture,food practices,senses,emotions & objects. Former @Britishacademy_ Fellow @unishefhistory. I frequently share snippets from my research on the Instagram handle consuming_history.
@debssutton.bsky.social
Teaches South Asian History at Lancaster University, UK. Currently working on deserts in India, especially soils, water and salination. Delhiphile and runner.
@kamamaclean.bsky.social
Historian of social and political communication in South Asia, currently working on a multisensory history of interwar anticolonial movements, with an emphasis on sound. South Asia Institute, Universität Heidelberg. She/Her.
@unclelash.bsky.social
A student of History | PhD-ing | Early modern and modern South Asia | borderlands, law, empire
@sonalidhanpal.bsky.social
@narayanibasu.bsky.social
Historian of modern India | Research nerd | Author & biographer | Archive hound | Full-time chai lover V.P.Menon: The Unsung Architect Of Modern India: https://amzn.eu/d/3Busqcz Allegiance: Azaadi and the End of Empire: https://amzn.eu/d/41iQH4E
@willdalrymple.bsky.social
Scottish historian & art historian; @EmpirePodUK.bsky.social podcaster & Jaipur Lit Fest co-director. Visiting Fellow at All Souls, Oxford. Writes the occasional book.
@katherineschof8.bsky.social
Historian: Mughal & colonial India and Hindustani music, FRAS FRHistS. Head of Music @ KCL. Musicians at risk 🇦🇫 Act justly, love mercy, walk humbly (work in progress). Whippet owner. she/her. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/katherine-butler-schofie
@diyagupta.bsky.social
Literary scholar, cultural historian. Senior Lecturer in Public History, City St George's, University of London. First book 'India in the Second World War: An Emotional History' (2023) #happyeveryday
@abalasub.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer at ANU School of History Working on Roads Book: Toward a Free Economy @princetonupress.bsky.social Order: http://tinyurl.com/5andt77x (USA/UK) http://tinyurl.com/2p88pvmv (India)
@chapatimystery.com
historian, walker. Author, *A Book of Conquest*, *The Loss of Hindustan*, and, most recently, *Disrupted City* https://history.columbia.edu/person/manan-ahmed/
@amandazillo.bsky.social
Historian of labor, technology & Islam in South Asia | Asst. Prof UChicago SALC | Current ACLS Fellow | she/her | 📕Pious Labor now out from UC Press: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/pious-labor/epub-pdf
@ranasafvi.bsky.social
historian, translator, author deeply committed to India's rich cultural heritage and diverse civilizational legacy. Author of the Delhi trilogy and In Search of the Divine: Living Histories of Sufism in India, A Firestorm in Paradise
@audreytruschke.bsky.social
Professor of South Asian history Rutgers-Newark | Anti-fascist | pro-education | https://www.audreytruschke.com/ | https://princeton.press/8r8idcye
@navyug.bsky.social
Historian, toiling in the archives & classroom | Eyes on labor history, popular culture, postcolonial critique, global capitalism | ਪੰਜਾਬ to پنجاب to Panjab
@keshavbansal.bsky.social
‘I took a breath and listened to the old brag of my heart: I am, I am, I am.’ // Reader/Student @University of Delhi & Indira Gandhi National Open University // Literary/Cultural Studies | South Asian Languages/Histories/Sociologies